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IN RE DOROTHY W.

No. 2-97-0349.

692 N.E.2d 388 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 107

229 Ill.Dec. 615

In re DOROTHY W., Alleged to be a Person in Need of Involuntary Psychotropic Medication (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dorothy W., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Berge (Court-appointed), Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Rockford, Patricia Werner (Court-appointed), Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Des Plaines, William E. Coffin and John B. Lower (Court-appointed), Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Chicago, for Dorothy W.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Presiding Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, Dorothy W., timely appeals from the circuit court's order of February 21, 1997, authorizing the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication to the respondent for up to 90 days pursuant to section 2-107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 1996)). Following an evidentiary hearing on the petition to administer medication involuntarily...

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